The narrator often issues disclaimers by saying "people said" or "it is said" How do you respond to these types of disclaimers? How do you think other readers may respond?
To me, those diclaimers make the story seem more real. When the narrator uses those phrases they are most likely talking about rumors and what people around that certain place had said about that situation. Other readers, however, might not feel the same as I do about it. They might take it a whole different way.
When disclaimers like that are used that are stating important imformation that can be used to ur advantage because it will be something somebody said or it could be stating a fact. Other readers may respond differently because everybody reads a story and interprets it in differant ways.
Disclaimers such as those to me mean that the story could possibley be based on a true story. To others it might mean the same or it could mean that it was a real true story.
Those disclaimers help out in seeing how truthful the statements are. It helps show that they are closer to the truth rather than just possibly a small rumor.
Disclaimers to me make the story seem more realistic, without them i wouldnt belive much of the story. Even if the story isnt allways true, when the narrator uses them it makes me think that the story is more than likely based on a true story.
I believe Washington Irving places those disclaimers throughout the tale to give it more depth. It gives it the illusion of a legend that has been told and retold over and over agian. It changes the story from a fictional fable into an actual occurance that has finally been put to paper. For me, when I read that he had claimed that people had said or stated the events that occured, it made me imagine townfolk gossiping about the wild happenings that had occurred to this one man. To me, this gives the tale more of a background. In conclusion, I would say that William Irving uses the disclaimers to make it appear as if the tale is folklore and not just his own creation.
To me, those diclaimers make the story seem more real. When the narrator uses those phrases they are most likely talking about rumors and what people around that certain place had said about that situation. Other readers, however, might not feel the same as I do about it. They might take it a whole different way.
ReplyDeleteWhen disclaimers like that are used that are stating important imformation that can be used to ur advantage because it will be something somebody said or it could be stating a fact. Other readers may respond differently because everybody reads a story and interprets it in differant ways.
ReplyDeleteDisclaimers such as those to me mean that the story could possibley be based on a true story. To others it might mean the same or it could mean that it was a real true story.
ReplyDeleteThose disclaimers help out in seeing how truthful the statements are. It helps show that they are closer to the truth rather than just possibly a small rumor.
ReplyDeleteDisclaimers like what are in the story help the reader see that there is more truth than what is really eing said.
ReplyDeleteDisclaimers to me make the story seem more realistic, without them i wouldnt belive much of the story. Even if the story isnt allways true, when the narrator uses them it makes me think that the story is more than likely based on a true story.
ReplyDeleteI believe Washington Irving places those disclaimers throughout the tale to give it more depth. It gives it the illusion of a legend that has been told and retold over and over agian. It changes the story from a fictional fable into an actual occurance that has finally been put to paper. For me, when I read that he had claimed that people had said or stated the events that occured, it made me imagine townfolk gossiping about the wild happenings that had occurred to this one man. To me, this gives the tale more of a background. In conclusion, I would say that William Irving uses the disclaimers to make it appear as if the tale is folklore and not just his own creation.
ReplyDeleteTo me it makes the story seem more like a legend or a folk tale than a story
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